Improvement in curry-combs



WMM ed N.FETEn.s, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHEH, WASHINGTON. D. t:4

UNTTED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

WILBUR F. ARNOLD, OF WINTHROP, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND P. A. GLADWIN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. i

IMPROVEMENT IN CuRRY-ooMBs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59, 11S, dated October 23, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILBUE F. ARNOLD, of Winthrop, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Curry-Combs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this speciioation, in Which- Figure l is a perspective view of a currycomb provided with a clearing-plate and having my improvement applied thereto, the plate being represented as swung back from the teeth of the comb. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the comb and clearing-plate, in the same position they bear to each other in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the comb, with the plate closed down thereon -ready for use.

My present lnvention relates particularly to an improvement in curry-combs for which Let- 'ters Patent of the United States were granted to John Jones on the 28th day ot' August, A. D. 1847. His invention. consisted in providing a curry-comb with a slotted yclearing-plate, one end of which was lhinged to one side of the comb, while the other end was provided with a spring for fastening it upon the face of the comb in a position ready for use. In using a comb of this construction, after throwing up the plate to remove the hair and dirt, it was necessary to swing the plate down by hand and fasten the spring over the edge ot the comb to inclose the teeth. Besides the inconvenience of this operation, after the comb had been in use some time the spring became so worn that it was unable to perform the office intended.

To obviate the necessity of swinging the plate down by hand to latch the spring over the edge ot' the comb, and to provide a durable comb that will operate in a reliable manner, is the object of my invention, which con.- sists in applying a spring to either the clearing-plate or comb, which are hinged together at one side, the spring tending to hold the plate down upon the comb in a position ready for use.

To clean the comb the plate is swung back by hand against the resistance of the spring, which, when the plate is released, will return it to its normal position.

To enable others skilled in the art to under'- stand and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings, A represents the front face of a curry-comb, from which project rows oi" teeth a, which are cnt on strips B, securely clinched at b to the back O of the comb. A plate, D, of metal or other suitable material, provided with slits or 'openings c, is hinged in the ordinary way at d to one side of the comb. A bar, E, of the form seen in section', Figs. 2 and 3 extends longitudinally across the center of the upper side of the plate D, and is riveted thereto at c. One end of the bar terminates in a projection, f,which is taken hold of when the plate D is to be swnngback, while the other end ot' this bar is provided with a tongue or projection, g, which ts into a slot, h, made in the outer end of a lat metal spring, F, the inner end of this spring being riveted at i to the back of the comb. By this construction the end of the spring F containing the slot h constantly exerts a pressure against the end of the bar containing the projection g, serving to keep the plate D closed down on the comb and inclosing the teeth, as shown in Fig. 3.

Gr is the handle, which is secured to the comb in a well-known manner. y

Instead of hinging the comb and plate together, as herein shown and described, one or more springs, F, may be employed for this purpose without the ordinary attachment, as shown at d.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that, in order to clean the comb after it has been used and the teeth become clogged, it is simply necessary to throw back the plate D by taking hold ot' the projection f, when the hair and dirt are entirely removed from the teeth a-nd thrown oft' the plate, which is then returned by the resistance ofthe spring F to its original position, ready for use, as shown in section, Fig. 3.

The plate D is prevented from being thrown back too far by the projection g striking against the inner end of the slot h.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, as an improvement in curry-combs, is-

The employment of one or more springs, F, for throwing over and retaining the plate D upon the comb, substantially as set forth.

WILBUR F. ARNOLD.

Witnesses J EDEDIAH HARRIS, CHAs. H. Pos'r. 

